Watts said that his remark about Obama being more dedicated to issues of poverty and urban policy was NOT an endorsement or an indication that he would vote for him, it was just a statement of what he expected from the first black President, considering that white Dems have made promises galore over the years and not delivered. His complaint was that in the same way the Dems take black voters for granted, Republicans take for granted that black voters are beyond their reach, and make only feeble efforts to reach out to them.
In a way, this was brilliant set-up for failure of Obama because no donkey policy on poverty or urban issues CAN succeed, even if pursued by a dedicated black man who empathize with young, poor, single mothers.
They get policy wrong because they get human nature wrong. There is no possibility Obama can succeed in wiping out poverty than LBJ did.